Forget covering your books with boring brown paper bags or contact paper. You can create a duct tape cover for your own books in your own unique style! Duct tape covers are much sturdier and you can decorate them however you'd like. If the books are standard size, you can even reuse your homemade covers again and again.

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Fold the two short pieces back towards the cover, exposing the sticky side up. As you hold them in place, fold the flap along the crease and onto the ends of the short pieces of tape. Press down firmly. The flap should now create a pocket that leaves room for a book cover to be inserted within the flap.

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Enjoy your well-protected book!

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As an alternate method, cover your book with a paper book cover, then stick duct tape to the paper. This uses less duct tape and also keeps any adhesive from accidentally coming in contact with your book. You could also duct tape designs ( flowers and cars )

Make sure you clean the edges of your scissors when you are finished to remove bits of glue that may have stuck on to them from the tape.

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Peeling duct tape off of a book will damage the book. Before putting the cover on the book make sure there is no adhesive exposed unless it's your own book and you want the duct tape to stay on forever.

Valuable books, like old first editions, will lose their value if duct tape adhesive leaks onto them, which can happen over time and particularly at high temperatures.